Canadian Railroads > A cruise ship in the background

Cruise ship AIDAvita is docked in the Port of Montreal yesterday afternoon as GP9's CN 7054 & CN 4115 pull some intermodal traffic and baretables destined for track 29 over the Lachine Canal on a sweltering day.

Michael Berry

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One of the biggest cruise ships that can make Montreal.  We miss all of the impressive ones!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/06/18 11:28 by 4489.

Neat shot.  Thanks for sharing. 

pretty impressive to me
 

Nice shot!

dan Wrote:
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> pretty impressive to me
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Not compared to the QM2 for instance!

I don't care about cruise ships, other than wanting to get one into this scene, which I finally managed to do with this shot.

MIchael

4489 Wrote:
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> dan Wrote:
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> > pretty impressive to me
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> Not compared to the QM2 for instance!

It's a pity the QM2 can't get as far upstream as Montreal. Getting from Toronto to Québec City by rail  to board that ship is not convenient.

When we took transatlantic ocean liners from Montreal I thought it would be great if there could be a "boat train" like there was in England and France. Admittedly the harbour tracks do not go right on to the Alexandra Quay but they go past the entrance.

DrawingroomA Wrote:
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> > > pretty impressive to me
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> > Not compared to the QM2 for instance!
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> It's a pity the QM2 can't get as far upstream as
> Montreal. Getting from Toronto to Québec City by
> rail  to board that ship is not convenient.
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> When we took transatlantic ocean liners from
> Montreal I thought it would be great if there
> could be a "boat train" like there was in England
> and France. Admittedly the harbour tracks do not
> go right on to the Alexandra Quay but they go past
> the entrance.

Not that I see it ever happening, but yes, it's a very short walk from the CN Wharf Spur to any of the quay's.

Michael

CP's Place Viger station and hotel was right next to Montreal harbour. I always assumed it was built as a ship to train transfer point between CP's ocean liners and passenger trains.

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Excellent shot.